In Wake of GitHub Incident, Coders Launch ‘Culture Offset’

Charges by a former employee that GitHub leaders harassed her and fostered an uncomfortable workplace have put some users of the code-sharing platform in a bind.

These developers want to stop using, and paying for, GitHub to protest the treatment of Julie Ann Horvath. But they consider it essential for their work, and don’t see a better substitute.

Enter Coraline Ehmke and Betsy Haibel. The two Ruby on Rails developers, who met at a retreat last year, launched a service they dubbed Culture Offset, which funnels donations from GitHub users to projects that support women and minorities in technology.